Been coming to this location for decades. After today, I'm done. Being asked for change from transients before entering shouldn't be an ongoing thing. Their kiosks don't print receipts. Then when you mention to them that your order is incorrect, they make you feel like you're lying. Would anyone lie for fries!? I know I wouldn't and nobody should. I wasn't the only customer where this issue occured. Please fix your kiosks to work properly and more importantly please train your staff to be more courteous to customers, new or long term. .01stars. Never again. read more

Came here for a quick lunch with my mom and aunties, can't go wrong coming here. The kiosk is easy to use, I did the ordering and food came out fast. The $6 value meal is so worth it, the ladies were satisfied. It's clean inside and on a weekday around noon, the entrance was clear and no people with signs or asking for change outside. Food came out quick and staff was friendly and offered refills to us. read more

I used the app to order ahead and picked up through the drive-thru. Even though the line looked long, it moved fast. The staff was made up of some younger folks who were very efficient and professional. They even apologized for the wait even though I actually thought they were quite speedy considering I ordered fries with no salt. I tried the new Big Arch Burger Meal and it was really tasty. The fries weren't quite as crispy as we usually like, but that's often the trade-off when you ask for a fresh, salt-free batch. Overall, a very pleasant experience and great service! read more

McDonald's - BIG ARCH - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

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Great this place is open 24hrs. They have u sit at another drive thru up ahead if u order too much so they can keep the flow of the drive thru. That window has a very convenient doorbell incase they forget ur ranch like they did for me. read more

McDonald's - Door bell at the next drive thru window - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

Ok guys, don't judge. We went to McDs because we had points that were expiring and it allowed us to get McChicken sandwiches... 3x. lol. And when we travel we love getting their breakfast sandwiches. Honestly can't go wrong with ordering it at home then driving and parking in front of a number. They come out pretty quickly. Some staff even offering condiments (ketchup). I suggest downloading the app and finding their deals. We were also able to get that $5 meal deal with a McChicken sandwich, nuggets, fries and a drink. Also when the padres win, you get a medium size fries with a $1 more order. Usually just stick with the McChicken, nuggets and breakfast sandwiches. But geez, did you see the normal meal prices?! When did fast food get so pricey? Just go for the deals on the app. read more

McDonald's - Chicken sandwich - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

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Ordered a Large Sweet Tea with light ice for me and my sibling and we're diabetic so we needed the sugar. When we got home we realized our sweet tea was unsweetened and I know we couldn't return it since we already drank from it but I called to tell them that their tea was not sweet and it seemed like a joke to them, beware. Also when you order cook to order fries don't bother they just throw the old ones in the fryer and they turn out hard with no flavor. read more

McDonald's - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

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Location is close to the 5 freeway and parking lot is huge and free because it is shared with Home Depot. For service you can order via mobile app, or drive through, or on a touch screen inside. Make sure to sign up for a McDonald's account so you get points for free stuff. Inside is nice, clean, just as crowded and noisy as any busy McDonald's. Ordered some french fries and it did not take too long, maybe 2 minutes but when they went to hand me the bag it was empty. The clerk realized the mistake and put my bag back in the queue to get filled up. Within in a minute I had my golden delicious tasty fries and was out the door. Staff was nice, friendly, and realized their mistake before I left so that was a plus. read more

McDonald's - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

Ordered on the mobile app. Fast, consistent, accurate, hot. Daily deals are decent. Used reward points! read more

I was looking for a specific toy before purchasing a happy meal today. After calling and and having an associate confirm that the toy I wanted was included, my experience ended up being negative. I'm very disappointed that I received a different toy in addition to how my meal was served. I was given a plain, boring happy meal box instead of what's provided worldwide and my food appeared to be tossed into the box without any care. The fries appeared to be dumped all over at the bottom of the box with very minimal amount given. Lying and not caring is about customers is one thing, but you associates need to ask yourselves what that does to your character. read more

Consistently poor quality of food and service. Employees will catch an attitude with you if you try to correct an order that was messed up or is someone else's. The breakfast tastes like it was cooked 2 days before. The overall food quality isn't great. When I have ordered a large or medium fry in the past , they have always given me a small instead of what I payed for. Don't waste time , money, or energy at this location. read more

Store manager doesn't know how to run a store. Probably not trained on how to a real manager. Which is why they work for McDonald's. It's not hard. Complete the orders. Make sure your team doesn't give out the wrong orders, so customers don't have to pay twice for something they ordered 5 minutes previously because you gave it away. Great Work! read more

Great budget deals from meals to drinks Downloading the app made my visit that much better Amazing McDonald's rewards read more

McDonald's - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

Food is always delishhh! Service was fast BUT item was forgotten and when I tried to ask "manager" Genesis was rude and did not acknowledge me at the window so I had to park and go inside. She saw me and still choose to ignore so I had to yell "excuse me" for service. She did not greet or smile; Her customer service was 0/10 . Do better, it's a customer service job. read more

Unfriendly staff. Had an issue with my order and they looked at me like I was crazy or something. My diet Dr Pepper was flat and when I mentioned it to them, it took them five minutes to get me another one which was flat as well. Horrible customer service everyone's just seemed so pissed off to be working here. Dirty tables, trash everywhere. Yeah, I know, most of you are gonna say come on it's McDonald's!! Sure, but this is pretty bad, even McDonald's standards. Do better. read more

This Mc Donalds is in San Marcos Califorina . I been here a Few times. But this was the first time I walking in side . Used my moblie app to order. Got two big macs and two Mc doubles. Staff was friendly and professional. My order didn't take about maybe 5 minutes . It was clean inside . 5 out of 5 stars . I Recommend them. I be back thank you all read more

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FALSE ADVERTISING!!!! How does corporate America get away with lying to us consumers???? It's because we allow it. Time for us to wake up and hold companies accountable for their advertising. Case in point, although I rarely choose McDonalds these days...today we did because my son wanted it. I ordered a bacon double quarter pounder with cheese The end product comes, looks nothing like the advertised picture, no visible bacon till you open it up. Then you see the amazing thick-cut applewood bacon...wrong!!! You see 3 wimpy razor thin excuses for bacon. What a joke. See for yourself. Attached are 3 pictures. My burger, a snapshot of the online picture of the burger and then their online description of the burger. It is all very sad. McDonalds has 0% quality control and price control. They believe we are all too dumb to notice or even care so they continue to mislead and misrepresent in their adds. Why not be truthful...say "applewood bacon that is soooo thin, you'll barely even know it's there". That is TRUTH! Why do we all allow corporations like McDonalds to deceive us? read more

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Juanita is the manager, totally approachable and cool. I'm kinda obsessed with the croc toys in the happy meals. The place was immaculate. She was SOOOO kind to find me another "Croc" toy....it literally made my day! Now, here is how you totally utilize a Happy Meal when you have dogs and want the toy. You share the meat with your dogs, you eat the bun and pickles, you save the fries for a later day....too much sodium. You save the milk bottle for when you run out of the half gallon milk for your family, you put the slices of apples in vodka and add cinnamon, you take the toy ....and laugh. read more

I got a Big Mac and it tasted old. Is this your mission in life, to be basic?! If you're going to do something, do it well and then eventually you don't have to work at McDonalds. read more

Accessibility: they have accessible parking directly in front of the building and plenty of other parking available. There is a ramp to get onto the sidewalk and the doors to get inside are pull doors. They also have a drive-thru with two lanes and digital screens with the menu on it. Experience: I went through the drive-thru on a Saturday afternoon and there was no one in line in front of me. The service was super fast and the food was hot! Fresh off the grill type of hot! The fries here also tasted MUCH better than the fries at the other McDonald's I have been to in San Marcos. The Vanilla coffee here was also very good and cheap! Use their phone app to get lots of discounts. read more

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The best service!!! Drive Thru is very consistent! Manager Alicia is the best!! Great team overall!

We came at 12:30 thinking it was 24/7 because it said on the map that it was i payed for the order and got there and called they said they close at 12:30 and that the payment didn't process when it did i literally got charged never coming back again read more

I just walked after waiting at the register for a long time to place an order. There were workers walking around, but I wasn't even acknowledged. Eventually an older lady walked up and asked me if I needed help (like I would just come by to stand there for fun!). When I told her I'd been waiting for a long time for someone to take my order she pointed me to the machine/kiosk instead of taking my order. I told her to just forget about it and I walked out. Pretty disappointing service, or lack of. Especially when I usually come by the drive-thru at this location in the mornings, with no problem at all. ‍ read more

McDonald's - Restaurant main entrance - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

I just went there, 11/26/22, and had to say about 4 times that I wanted a chicken deluxe. I gave the number a couple of times as well. They kept switching it to a spicy. When I got up to the window I had to correct the order again. Right when someone was about to hand me a bag of food, another woman came and ripped it out of their hands saying they need to change the sandwich. She was clearly frustrated. They moved me forward. I wait several minutes. It finally comes and I already knew something would be wrong. They tossed all of the toppings to the side and put the bun on top. So anyways. Eat here or don't. It's a toss up on if you get the right order, good service or anything else. read more

McDonald's - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

Food and service here is pretty good. I like the Ambiance, my favorite part was the screens they have that constantly change. Came for breakfast, McGriddle was good like always. Overall 10/10 McDonald's read more

McDonald's - Bacon, Egg & Cheese McGriddles - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

Lady at the drive thru at 5 am was very pleasant, thank you for that. The reason for the rating was due to my oatmeal. It's bad enough eating Healthy is hard and todays oatmeal was beyond sad looking. Aside that it looks like something they give you in a hospital they forgot the brown sugar. Diets and oatmeal are for the birds. read more

McDonald's - Supposed to be oatmeal - Burgers Near Me - San Marcos, California

I went to this McDonald's yesterday and it was a weird experience. The guy who helped me was acting weird when I ordered. They may have been filming a TikTok or something but the guy had this smug grin like he was a celebrity and I had no idea who he was. He had gray hair and was dressed way too fancy for a fast food worker (so I assumed he was a district manager or something?). The fries were free and I had no idea why but who doesn't want free fries?... then I found out why. They were soggy and nasty and not even hot. I normally love McDonald's fries but every time I go to this location, they're either burned and hard or cold. I'm officially going to start driving further from my house to the McDonald's on Rancho Sante Fe Rd in order to get the normally delicious fries that McDonald's is known for. This location is a constant let down. read more

Got my order wrong and on top of that they took forever to get things ready and this was not the first time they do this am sorry to say but this location lost a customer read more

I visited McDonald's today as I was having issues with my App and Connection in the area. The gentleman named Michael who helped me was extremely patient and kind by offering the same discount as the app and allowed me to take my time explaining the situation and exactly what I was looking for. Thank you. read more

I've lived in 22 states and 4 countries and I've never had McDonald's that was so disgusting that even the fries were bad. I mean even the coke was bad.... Clean your grill Clean your drink machine Change out your oil Fire the clean up crew Whoever owns this place should be ashamed of themselves I'm a thousand percent sure they wouldn't pass an inspection. read more

This McDonald's always delivers, great quality location. Just had an awesome experience over the drive through with Ethan, super funny kid made me and my friend laugh. Hard to do over a drive through order but brightened our day! read more

While this location was indeed clean, the staff continues to struggle with integrity and simple request. Can't imagine the difficulty that senior citizens must endure at this location as the kiosk was also not being utilized nor was there an available employee around to teach nor give instruction. Also, I would recommend training all new employees to the fullest extent. There seems to be an atmosphere of people being placed in charge, utilizing the term "help me" when in actuality, there is no such cohesion whatsoever. Almost as bad as the Anaheim locations. Potentially more to come. Filth. P.S.....Although located next to a NCTD station...definitely not military friendly. read more

I unfortunately found out after paying and getting my order that this location switched to the paper bags. A medium fry looks like a size small now. Dang. Same price as the normal cardboard boxes with LESS fries... if the price dropped for this change then whatever but nope. Never coming back to this location and wouldn't recommend. read more

My Mcmuffin order was replaced with a horrible bagel. Twice! My Mcmuffin order was replaced with a horrible bagel. Twice! read more

A worker with the name of Alma was the nicest lady I met. We had a problem with my order and she fixed it and even added a an ice cream cone. I wish her the best and I recommend this McDonald's to everyone. Thank you Alma read more

I will not do it. The guy at the counter said use the Kiosk and would not wait on me. He was the manager. I am never going back. I am disabled so there is noway I can eat there like this. read more

Best McDonald's in the San Diego county area I've found so far! I'm not sure why the reviews are so low. I've never had any kind of problem here at all and I'm pretty picky. Filet of fish and fries are on point. Cashiers are super friendly. I even gave my cashier a couple of free good signs and she loved them. Just search "this is a good sign" and you can get some for yourself FREE! read more

I don't understand how these people make 20 dollars an hour. I have quite literally never had one of my orders right. I'm always either missing an item of I'm missing/have toppings that i don't want. I hope McDonald's starts to figure it out but I'm done. read more

Before I give my review: Visit the McDonalds on Ranch Santa Fe- also in San Marcos, CA. It's just a few minutes away. The service and food are so much better than this crappy place. I would never suggest the San Marcos Blvd location to anyone. I quit visiting this particular McDonald's b/c of the horrible food service. Nearly every order has been incorrect, even when I went inside to make an order. The place is a hot mess. I saw so many people complaining about their food- I can't imagine how they stay in business. Previous issues: I've received ONE item out of an entire order- the rest of my order was refunded. I just wanted the food, not a stupid refund! ; I've received someone else's order, several times ; Also, any food details or preferences are like talking to my cat- totally ignored!! ; hard, overly heated buns and meat patties are another gross issue. I saw people wearing the same gloves to use the cash register and then go to work on food orders! Why aren't they following proper food handling practices? I absolutely refuse to frequent this horrible place again. I wonder where their owner, manager, supervisors are at, because they certainly aren't checking out the issues w/this location. That's why I've opted to travel a bit further. Let me repeat- McDonald's on Rancho Santa Fe (near the 78 highway) has a phenomenal staff who can actually take and complete correct orders. read more

The place was clean but the girl at the front made me place order online to save $1.43 what a pain in butt. Yes and her name really was Karen, everyone 5 stars. read more

It's McDonald's. I come here expecting McDonald's. And they got my order right. So what more do I want from them?!